[Verse 1: Romance]
When I was 14, I used to work in this meat store
I shouldn’t say work , cause I think I used to eat more
Saw enough dollars, I used to love this job
My boss was Italian and he was down with the mob
Took me under his wing and treated me like family
I could mess up nothing, he would never get mad at me
He used to own this club all the way out in Bensonhurst
He took me a couple of times, I used to love when I went and heard
Niggas aren’t welcome, I used to say “Don’t lie to me
I got to be welcomed because the owner invited me.”
Guys would hush, girls would blush but I never knew why
But then now I knew I had the juice to kiss their family goodbye
Because you see my boss was more than a meat store owner
He was another Gotti, Castellano, Al Capone
Lord of organized crime, living life in trife and glory
One phone call and he can know your life story
Man, you don’t know how fast I went and got a lawyer
Could you imagine how I felt knowing he was my employer?
But I must admit it was kind of fun
Anyone I wanted to do, You know what I did?...I had them done
Having dinner at his crib, I met his wife And his Mother, Father, Brother, Sisters, Cousins and Kids
But, one day the fun came to a stop
I got to my crib and my heart just dropped
I see my family tied down to the chairs
Tape around their mouth and their eyes was in tears
Loosen the knots and the ropes unwrapped
And I looked at my mother and I said “What happened?”
She gave me a letter and said it’s all because of this
Written in blood and signed extortionist
It said you have to kill your boss, so we can have his fortune
If you refuse, we know you’re gonna to miss her
I looked around, I couldn’t find my little sister
Jetted to my boss and told him that I had to kill him
He said thanks for telling me and punched me on my grill
I said “No... don’t worry, I need your help badly
I can’t give in to them because they’re messing with my family”
He said “You don’t say”
I said “Yes I do”
He said “Kid, here’s what I’ma do for you”
He said “We’re in September and I know you since December
I think I knew you good enough to make you a member
You’re entering in a world full of drugs and racketeering
Organized crime and the powers overbearing
Between me and you, there’ll be no more lying
The only way out is if you’re dead or if you’re dying
And must I remind you that they got your sister kid.”
That’s the reason why I did what I did
He called up Bruno and said “Get in touch with Fish”
Then he told Joey to send some men to Bay Ridge
He knew who had my sister and he knew where she was at
He knew that I come to him for help in a couple of seconds flat
A few minutes later, me and my new friends rolled out
In limos and stretch Mercedes Benz
Down the road we had a weapons check
Check for the 9 and check for the Tek
Check for the Uzi and check for the shotty
Check to make sure we wasn’t after John Gotti
[Liam Neeson’s voiceover]
I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want
If you’re looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money
But what I do have, are a very particular set of skills
Skills I have acquired over a very long career
Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you
Skills I have acquired over a very long career
Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you
Skills, I will look for you. Skills, I will find you. Skills, and I will kill you
[Verse 2: Romance]
We got to the spot where we would not be playing
Visions of my sister had me constantly praying
I had the nerve to pray with a 9 in my hand
Thinking about killing the first sight of a man
We busted through the back of this factory-like building
I just knew it was a building where somebody will get killed when
Through the boiler room, I seen this man in the front
I said “Boss, can I do him?”
He said “Do him if you want”
I did him and I hit him in the back of the door
Then I went through not knowing what was in store
What I saw made a scared spirit move me
It was Don Corleone, the Godfather from the movie
He ordered his men “Shoot to kill”
We all ran for cover, while we heard the bullets drill
I seen pictures of the bullets getting closer to my skin
Cocked back the 9 and made sure the clip was in
Then I jumped up and started shooting and then I stopped
I could’ve sworn I seen about 11 men just drop
It put the confidence back into my crew
They jumped up and started licking shots too
None of us got hit but they were getting smeared
I looked around, Corleone disappeared
Then I heard this noise, that I couldn’t understand
It sounded like a scream covered up by a hand
Corleone stepped out from behind this door
The mister had my sister with a toolie to her jaw
I didn’t know what to do, for her I life I feared
But then I thought like MacGyver and I got this idea
Shot the light switch and the lights were gone
But the emergency power turned the lights back on
But then a shot rang out and Corleone was dead
My sister shot the mister in the center of his head
I bet you’re wondering how she got a gun, how she brought it
When the lights went out, I threw the 9 and she caught it
When I was 14, I used to work in this meat store
I shouldn’t say work , cause I think I used to eat more
Saw enough dollars, I used to love this job
My boss was Italian and he was down with the mob
Took me under his wing and treated me like family
I could mess up nothing, he would never get mad at me
He used to own this club all the way out in Bensonhurst
He took me a couple of times, I used to love when I went and heard
Niggas aren’t welcome, I used to say “Don’t lie to me
I got to be welcomed because the owner invited me.”
Guys would hush, girls would blush but I never knew why
But then now I knew I had the juice to kiss their family goodbye
Because you see my boss was more than a meat store owner
He was another Gotti, Castellano, Al Capone
Lord of organized crime, living life in trife and glory
One phone call and he can know your life story
Man, you don’t know how fast I went and got a lawyer
Could you imagine how I felt knowing he was my employer?
But I must admit it was kind of fun
Anyone I wanted to do, You know what I did?...I had them done
Having dinner at his crib, I met his wife And his Mother, Father, Brother, Sisters, Cousins and Kids
But, one day the fun came to a stop
I got to my crib and my heart just dropped
I see my family tied down to the chairs
Tape around their mouth and their eyes was in tears
Loosen the knots and the ropes unwrapped
And I looked at my mother and I said “What happened?”
She gave me a letter and said it’s all because of this
Written in blood and signed extortionist
It said you have to kill your boss, so we can have his fortune
If you refuse, we know you’re gonna to miss her
I looked around, I couldn’t find my little sister
Jetted to my boss and told him that I had to kill him
He said thanks for telling me and punched me on my grill
I said “No... don’t worry, I need your help badly
I can’t give in to them because they’re messing with my family”
He said “You don’t say”
I said “Yes I do”
He said “Kid, here’s what I’ma do for you”
He said “We’re in September and I know you since December
I think I knew you good enough to make you a member
You’re entering in a world full of drugs and racketeering
Organized crime and the powers overbearing
Between me and you, there’ll be no more lying
The only way out is if you’re dead or if you’re dying
And must I remind you that they got your sister kid.”
That’s the reason why I did what I did
He called up Bruno and said “Get in touch with Fish”
Then he told Joey to send some men to Bay Ridge
He knew who had my sister and he knew where she was at
He knew that I come to him for help in a couple of seconds flat
A few minutes later, me and my new friends rolled out
In limos and stretch Mercedes Benz
Down the road we had a weapons check
Check for the 9 and check for the Tek
Check for the Uzi and check for the shotty
Check to make sure we wasn’t after John Gotti
[Liam Neeson’s voiceover]
I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want
If you’re looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money
But what I do have, are a very particular set of skills
Skills I have acquired over a very long career
Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you
Skills I have acquired over a very long career
Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you
Skills, I will look for you. Skills, I will find you. Skills, and I will kill you
[Verse 2: Romance]
We got to the spot where we would not be playing
Visions of my sister had me constantly praying
I had the nerve to pray with a 9 in my hand
Thinking about killing the first sight of a man
We busted through the back of this factory-like building
I just knew it was a building where somebody will get killed when
Through the boiler room, I seen this man in the front
I said “Boss, can I do him?”
He said “Do him if you want”
I did him and I hit him in the back of the door
Then I went through not knowing what was in store
What I saw made a scared spirit move me
It was Don Corleone, the Godfather from the movie
He ordered his men “Shoot to kill”
We all ran for cover, while we heard the bullets drill
I seen pictures of the bullets getting closer to my skin
Cocked back the 9 and made sure the clip was in
Then I jumped up and started shooting and then I stopped
I could’ve sworn I seen about 11 men just drop
It put the confidence back into my crew
They jumped up and started licking shots too
None of us got hit but they were getting smeared
I looked around, Corleone disappeared
Then I heard this noise, that I couldn’t understand
It sounded like a scream covered up by a hand
Corleone stepped out from behind this door
The mister had my sister with a toolie to her jaw
I didn’t know what to do, for her I life I feared
But then I thought like MacGyver and I got this idea
Shot the light switch and the lights were gone
But the emergency power turned the lights back on
But then a shot rang out and Corleone was dead
My sister shot the mister in the center of his head
I bet you’re wondering how she got a gun, how she brought it
When the lights went out, I threw the 9 and she caught it
( Pete Marriott )
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